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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1954
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- April 3, 2021
John Paragon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Dixon Paragon (born 9 December 1954) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on an Army base. He grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. Paragon is probably best known for his work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse, Paragon also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the acclaimed Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, for which they were nominated an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special. Some of Paragon's other memorable roles include Cedric, one half of the gay couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the title character in the children's movie The Frog Prince; the sex shop salesman in the cult favorite Eating Raoul…
Filmography
moviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · TV Cameraman
movieThe Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011 · Jambi
movieRed Riding Hood
2006 · Fisherman
movieElvira's Haunted Hills
2002 · Writer
movieThe Rich Man's Wife
1996 · Maitre D'
tvNight Stand with Dick Dietrick
1995
movieTwin Sitters
1994 · Director, Writer
tvHigh Tide
1994 · Director
Storybook Cinema
tvStorybook Cinema
1994
movieEvery Breath
1994 · Director
tvStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Bokar
movieThe Elvira Show
1993 · Reinfield (voice), Writer, Co-Producer
tvRenegade
1992 · Director
movieHoney, I Blew Up the Kid
1992 · Lab Technician
movieDouble Trouble
1992 · FBI Agent, Director
tvSilk Stalkings
1991 · Director
tvHarry and the Hendersons
1991 · Arnold
movieUHF
1989 · Richard Fletcher
tvSeinfeld
1989 · Cedric
moviePee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988 · Jambi / Pterri (voice), Writer
movieElvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988 · Gas Station Attendant, Writer
movieSpaceballs
1987 · Dink (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Frog Prince
1986 · Ribbit / Prince of Freedly
tvSledge Hammer!
1986 · Durward Monroe
tvPee-wee's Playhouse
1986 · Jambi, Director, Writer
Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
tvLeo & Liz in Beverly Hills
1986
movieEcho Park
1985 · Hugo
movieGet Out of My Room
1985 · Robert Walters, Additional Writing
moviePee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Movie Lot Actor
movieLast of the Great Survivors
1984 · Beef
movieGoing Berserk
1983 · Rooster
tvThe New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
1983
movieThe Paragon of Comedy
1983 · Dr Berger / Debbie / Mr Excitement / Ramone Azteca and others, Writer
tvCheers
1982 · Grif Palmer
tvMadame's Place
1982 · Holistic Doctor
movieThings Are Tough All Over
1982 · Red Carpet Man #1
The Facts
movieThe Facts
1982
moviePandemonium
1982 · Prisoner
movieEating Raoul
1982 · Sex Shop Salesman
tvElvira's Movie Macabre
1981 · , Breather
movieThe Pee-wee Herman Show
1981 · Jambi the Genie, Writer
movieCheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980 · Director (Groundling)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Writer